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# Video: How to maintain Estonian language while living abroad

![Image](https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Perekond-Juks-Rootsist-raakimas-eesti-keele-hoidmisest-mitmekeelses-keskkonnas-Y-1024x571.jpg)

Maria Juks speaks four languages: Estonian with her dad, Romanian with her mom, Swedish at school, plus English.

By  [Estonian World](https://estonianworld.com/author/estonianworld/)
  ·  May 19, 2023  · [Culture](https://estonianworld.com/category/culture/)
, [Videos](https://estonianworld.com/category/videos/)
 · 1 minute of reading

### The Sweden-based Juks family, the father Estonian, mother Romanian, talk how to maintain the Estonian language in a multilingual environment – the couple’s daughters communicate in four languages.

The video is in Estonian with English subtitles.

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